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Arkham City seems hellbent on throwing this back in my face. by Mischief Maker 12/02/2020, 7:03pm PST
Holy shit, does this game exist to throw back in my face all the jokes I told about Asylum. Gotham's supervillains are literally put in a walled off ghetto and slowly starved to death. What a shockingly grim game about a funnybook character. Even the running gag of Batman telling people in insanely dangerous surrounds, "stay here, you're safe now" is lampshaded hard.

Gameplay-wise this is a total improvement over 1. I don't know if it's because the camera zooms further away now than before, but in Asylum I was struggling to get a combo in the teens while in City I'm knocking back 40+ combos in random encounters like it's nothing. The dive-gliding is fun, but still not quite as fun as Saint's Row Gat out of Hell, but here's hoping it's even better in Knight once that's done downloading. Besides the gliding, I found the open world nature of the game kinda eliminated the need for challenge stages, as I had as many combat and predator encounters as I wanted on-demand and earning XP at the same time.

In terms of aesthetics the music remains excellent, but the brown-o-vision visuals are a real letdown after the colorful Tim Burton look of Asylum. I just found the whole thing incredibly ugly.

Looking forward to playing 3 with the Adam West Batman skin and matching Batmobile!

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Batman: Arkham Asylum by Mischief Maker 11/29/2020, 3:10pm PST NEW
    That game rules and Batman's stupidity dates back decades NT by @arkhamfan195 11/29/2020, 4:42pm PST NEW
    He doesn't kill NT by Judge Barry 11/29/2020, 8:47pm PST NEW
        Re: He doesn't kill by Mischief Maker 11/29/2020, 9:19pm PST NEW
            College Humor? What's next, Funny or Die? NT by you're fired 11/30/2020, 6:30am PST NEW
    Batman's moral absolutism is dumb, Judge Dredd has fascist undertones NT by Mischief comic book HOT TAKES! 11/30/2020, 10:08am PST NEW
        I was just asking about the game itself. by Mischief Maker 11/30/2020, 6:41pm PST NEW
        Kosher cartoons only itt by A. Wyatt Mann 11/30/2020, 6:45pm PST NEW
    Arkham City seems hellbent on throwing this back in my face. by Mischief Maker 12/02/2020, 7:03pm PST NEW
        Also, why did they go to all the trouble to create a playable catwoman then NT by barely use her at all? 12/02/2020, 7:12pm PST NEW
        another innocent soul hoping Arkham Knight will be better than City NT by oh dear 12/03/2020, 8:19am PST NEW
            It's pretty good so far! by Mischief Maker 12/03/2020, 7:23pm PST NEW
                Is Arkham City a game where you can freely "be" Batman in a city? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/04/2020, 8:57am PST NEW
                    Yes it is, but you need to play the full trilogy. by Mischief Maker 12/16/2020, 8:46pm PST NEW
            ...it's losing its charm by Mischief Maker 12/06/2020, 5:55pm PST NEW
 
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